Listen to the podcast in the player above, or subscribe via iTunes, GooglePlay or Stitcher. What the heck is “Garage Fiction”? Since January 2015, a small group of storytellers committed to writing a piece of fiction every week… and then getting on a podcast to talk about it.

SUMMARY:

What needs to happen in this moment? Just do that.

Dave exposes his ‘underpinnings’. Anthony gets to tend the rabbits. And Bryan becomes overwhelmed by micro structure.

MEDIA MENTIONED ON THIS EPISODE:
Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat
Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
Nier video game
Haibane Renmei animated series
Azumanga Daioh animated series

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
Carl Jung
J RR Tolkien
Umberto Eco
Jonathan Franzen

END CREDITS:
• Our awesome theme song was written by Stephanie and Jonathan Hughes. Check out their latest album here
• Like this podcast? We’d love for you to subscribe and rate us on iTunes, GooglePlay or Stitcher.
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Listen to the podcast in the player above, or subscribe via iTunes, GooglePlay or Stitcher. What the heck is “Garage Fiction”? Since January 2015, a small group of storytellers committed to writing a piece of fiction every week… and then getting on a podcast to talk about it.

SUMMARY:
How do you revise your work?

On this episode:
John reveals his global pizza elitism. Jinn wants a Cthulu story he actually likes reading. Olivia wonders what King would be doing if he wasn’t writing. Lauren gushes over Laini Taylor.

MEDIA MENTIONED ON THIS EPISODE:
On Writing – Stephen King
American Pie – Peter Reinhart
Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain
Waiter Rant – Steve Dublanica
Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle
Works of H.P. Lovecraft
Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
Scarlet Letter – Nathanial Hawthorne
The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler
Perdido Street Station – China Miéville
Thinner – Richard Bachman
It – Stephen King
East of Eden – John Steinbeck
Strange the Dreamer – Laini Taylor
Deathless – Catherynne M. Valente
Wonderbook – Jeff VanderMeer

END CREDITS:
• Our awesome theme song was written by Stephanie and Jonathan Hughes. Check out their latest album here
• Like this podcast? We’d love for you to subscribe and rate us on iTunes, GooglePlay or Stitcher.
• Come chat with us on Facebook
• You can always email us your thoughts, comments and feedback at garagefictionfeedback(AT)gmail(DOT)com

Listen to the podcast in the player above, or subscribe via iTunes, GooglePlay or Stitcher. What the heck is “Garage Fiction”? Since January 2015, a small group of storytellers committed to writing a piece of fiction every week… and then getting on a podcast to talk about it.

SUMMARY:
Do you like books that make up their own language?

On this episode: Olivia can’t deal with drunken Scottish, Nadsat and Valleymen. Lauren gives some useful time-travelling advice. Jinn decides to learn everything in the universe.

Media mentioned on this episode:
East of Eden – John Steinbeck
Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction – Stephen J. Blundell
Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction – Peter Atkins
Catholicism: A Very Short Introduction – Gerald O’Collins
Paganism: A Very Short Introduction – Owen Davies
Modern China: A Very Short Introduction – Rana Mitter
Strangers in Their Own Land – Arlie Russell Hochschild
Hillbilly Elegy – J. D. Vance
White Trash – Nancy Isenberg
Dubliners – James Joyce
Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
Trainspotting – Irvine Welsh
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
Foucault’s Pendulum – Umberto Eco
The Matrix – dir. Wachowski Brothers
Lost: The TV Series – created by Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof
Leviathan Wakes – James S. A. Corey
The Expanse – dev. Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby

END CREDITS:
• Our awesome theme song was written by Stephanie and Jonathan Hughes. Check out their latest album here
• Like this podcast? We’d love for you to subscribe and rate us on iTunes, GooglePlay or Stitcher.
• Come chat with us on Facebook
• You can always email us your thoughts, comments and feedback at garagefictionfeedback(AT)gmail(DOT)com

Listen to the podcast in the player above, or subscribe via iTunes, GooglePlay or Stitcher. What the heck is “Garage Fiction”? Since January 2015, a small group of storytellers committed to writing a piece of fiction every week… and then getting on a podcast to talk about it.

SUMMARY:
What what the most emotionally scarring book you’ve ever read?

On this episode:
Lauren is loyal to Tilda Swinton, but only to a certain degree. Olivia does NOT, she absolutely DOES NOT download TV shows illegally. (Just like everyone else…) Jinn raves about the golden age of television. John initiates a huge debate on how useful “how to write” books are.

MEDIA MENTIONED ON THIS EPISODE:
The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
State of the Art by Iain Banks
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
We Need to Talk About Kevin dir. Lynne Ramsay
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Bambi prod. Walt Disney
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte
Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik
Neuromancer by William Gibson
King’s Quest by Sierra Games
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
Westworld created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy
Grand Theft Auto by Rockstar Games
The Revolution Was Televised by Alan Sepinwall
The THREE DAVIDS:
1. The Sopranos by David Chase
2. The Wire by David Simon
3. Deadwood by David Milch
Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland
Machine Man by Max Barry

END CREDITS:
• Our awesome theme song was written by Stephanie and Jonathan Hughes. Check out their latest album here
• Like this podcast? We’d love for you to subscribe and rate us on iTunes, GooglePlay or Stitcher.
• Come chat with us on Facebook
• You can always email us your thoughts, comments and feedback at garagefictionfeedback(AT)gmail(DOT)com